Author: Bobby Hughes

Bobby Hughes is the Executive Director for EPCAMR since the inception of the organization in 1997. For more information please visit his biography page.

EPCAMR Tree Planting Project for Reforestation Research at the Huber Miner’s Memorial Park

EPCAMR’s Regional Reforestation Planting Project was recently selected for funding by the Appalachian Coal Country Team (ACCT). The project will be incorporated into the design and reclamation of the three-acre Huber Miner’s Memorial Park in Ashley, Pennsylvania, created by the Huber Breaker Preservation Society (HBPS). The HBPS was an integral partner…

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Solomon-Plains Elementary Students to Construct Solar Kilns to Dry Iron Oxide for EPCAMR

Solomon-Plains Elementary School was awarded a $2,000 grant from PP&L’s Empowering Educators Grant Program. The grant allows 6th grade students at Solomon-Plains to take a watershed tour of abandoned mine lands and streams impacted by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) within and near the Wilkes-Barre Area School District (WBSD). The goal…

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